Here's the prize:
We've been offered 2 tickets courtesy of the amazing Tanya Wright - AKA True Blood's Deputy Kenya Jones - to the world premiere of her film BUTTERFLY RISING based on her novel by the same name in Seattle, Washington as part of the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival this Sunday, May 8th, 2011 at 6PM.
If you or anyone you know is in the area and able to attend this exciting event (it's a great way to spend Mother's Day since the film is centered on the close and abiding relationship that develops between two women at transformative points in their lives) be the first to answer this trivia question:
In Season 1 of True Blood Sookie decides that she's going to call Sam's collie alter ego "Dean". There's a Sam/Dean connection to another haunting TV series currently airing on the CW Network. Name that show in the comments section below to win!
Showing posts with label Kenya Jones. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Tanya Wright at the Pierced Pomegranate Tavern!
Despite her busy schedule, Tanya Wright (True Blood's Deputy Kenya Jones) made time in between her writing, book tour, TV work, getting ready to premiere her film BUTTERFLY RISING at the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival a week from today - Sunday, May 8 at 6PM - and well, I guess breathing (although that, along with sleeping, seems like a luxury for a woman as on-the-move as she) to meet with us!
We experienced Ms. Wright as a lovely, intelligent, down-to-earth fellow New Yawker (as she writes in her 1st post on her blog Wrighting Revolution) who gave generously of her time to chat with us for nearly two hours about everything from her character on True Blood to pop culture from an actress, author & screenwriter's point of view to fur babies, and so much in between!
And (bonus) when she came back to the cafe where we met to give both Rebecca & I copies of her novel upon which the film is based...
We experienced Ms. Wright as a lovely, intelligent, down-to-earth fellow New Yawker (as she writes in her 1st post on her blog Wrighting Revolution) who gave generously of her time to chat with us for nearly two hours about everything from her character on True Blood to pop culture from an actress, author & screenwriter's point of view to fur babies, and so much in between!
And (bonus) when she came back to the cafe where we met to give both Rebecca & I copies of her novel upon which the film is based...
...we had the chance to meet Ms. Wright's two cutie-babies...one of whom is pictured with her on the back cover of Butterfly Rising (see below)!
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| Ms. Wright & her baby-girl Macarena |
Rebecca and I both look forward to reading Butterfly Rising and discussing it with Ms. Wright; we also eagerly anticipate seeing the film when it premieres in New York, hopefully this fall. We'll let you know as this moves forward.
And of course we'll be back with a full write-up on our get-together with Tanya this past Tuesday; for now we wanted to thank Ms. Wright again for taking time out of her busy life to meet with us and for her candor and genuine interest in what we're doing here at the PPT.
Tanya, we wish you the very best of luck with the premiere of Butterfly Rising in Seattle!
More on our meeting with Ms. Wright to come soon...
~ Rachel
Whew!!! So much to serve up...
Whew! We hope you're thirsty, because after a whirlwind last few weeks, we here at the PPT have lots to serve up!
You know how True Blood goes on the road, leaving the comfort and familiarity of Merlotte's and Bon Temps (sans maenad-induced frenzy, of course) in the dust for points unknown, like Dallas, & Jackson, etc.? Well, the PPT has been on the road too; we've been beating down a footpath in such places as San Antonio, Texas, Harlem & Tribeca, NYC...and boy 'o boy, do we have some catching up to do!
OK, OK, hold your horses; no pushing or shoving please, there's plenty of room at the bar for all. Here's a taste of what's on the menu:
followed by...
You know how True Blood goes on the road, leaving the comfort and familiarity of Merlotte's and Bon Temps (sans maenad-induced frenzy, of course) in the dust for points unknown, like Dallas, & Jackson, etc.? Well, the PPT has been on the road too; we've been beating down a footpath in such places as San Antonio, Texas, Harlem & Tribeca, NYC...and boy 'o boy, do we have some catching up to do!
OK, OK, hold your horses; no pushing or shoving please, there's plenty of room at the bar for all. Here's a taste of what's on the menu:
- We met and chatted with True Blood's very own Tanya Wright (Deputy Kenya Jones)!
- Rachel delivered her visual talk True Blood Reenacts the Goddess Persephone's Ordeal of Abduction and Rape...or Self-Directed Sexual Initiation? Opening a Vein on Woman-Centered Sexuality" at the PCA/ACA & Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture joint conference and will be serving it up here just for you!
followed by...
a chaser of a run-down on what was seen and heard at the conference relating to True Bloodalong with a splash of...
some San Antonio local color for good measure!
- We spent Friday night in the company of greatness at the Tribeca Film Festival where none other than Mr. Harry Belafonte validated and reinvigorated our focus on the arts (we're lookin' at you, True Blood - particularly in light of our conversation with Ms. Wright!) as a medium through which change can be leveraged!
So without further ado...
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